Bernie Mac has joined the cast of " Old Dogs ," the John Travolta-Robin Williams comedy that Walt Becker is directing for the Walt Disney Co. " Old Dogs " is a buddy comedy revolving around two best friends and business...
After nearly two decades of being "that guy" in so many of our favorite movies, there are few stars whose belated success is more deserved than Emmy winner Jeremy Piven. And when we caught up with the fast-mouthed...
Plum Pictures is starting production on " Trucker ," an independently-financed drama that stars Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams and Jimmy Bennett. Monaghan plays a female truck driver...
Helmer Roland Emmerich is boarding a remake of the 1966 sci-fi pic " Fantastic Voyage " for 20th Century Fox. "Voyage" is about a scientist who is dying of a blood clot. His only chance for survival is for five scientist...
Chris Pine, along with Shawn Christian, Bre Blair, John Hawkes, Robert Pine, Lin Shaye, Muse Watson and Brent Briscoe, are starring in " Small Town Saturday Night ." The indie film is from writer-director Ryan Craig....
Michael Cera ("Superbad") will star in Dimension's teen comedy " Youth in Revolt ," a co-production of Permut Presentations and Shangri-La Entertainment. Gustin Nash script is based on the bestselling novel of the same...
Director Tarsem Singh is set to return to the studio world with " The Unforgettable ," a science fiction thriller from Warner Bros. Pictures being produced by Basil Iwanyk, David Goyer and Jason Hall. "Unforgettable,"...
Len Wiseman ("Live Free or Die Hard") has decided to " Escape From New York ," and is set to helm the New Line remake, which will star Gerard Butler and be produced by Neal Moritz. Wiseman's in final negotiations with...
Newly minted indie banner Monterrey Pictures has tapped Nat Christian to pen and co-produce its first feature, " 700 Hill ." Project, targeted for a spring shoot in Mexico and West Virginia, centers on a newly immigrated...
Alec Baldwin has signed on to co-star in the Dane Cook-Kate Hudson starrer " Bachelor No. 2 " for Lionsgate. Penned by Jordan Cahan, the story centers on Tank (Cook), who is hired to take girls on horrible dates so they...
Rosario Dawson has signed to join Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan in " Eagle Eye ," the D.J. Caruso-directed DreamWorks thriller. LaBeouf and Monaghan play characters who form an unlikely alliance after they're framed...
Warner Independent Pictures is joining a fraternity, snapping up tyro scribe Scott Rothman's spec script " Fratboy " for Mike Karz to produce through his Karz Entertainment. Comedy revolves around a man brought up in a...
Carla Gugino has joined the cast of " Watchmen ," Warner Bros. Pictures' adaptation of the DC Comics limited series being directed by Zack Snyder. Gugino joins Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy...
The role of Notorious B.I.G. for an upcoming biopic on the rapper will be filled through an open casting call, the film's producers said Thursday. " Notorious ," which has been in the works for nearly seven years, will...
Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby and Method Man have been cast in Occupant Films comedy " The Wackness ." Story, set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a...
Arnold Kopelson has lined up John Moore ("Behind Enemy Lines") to rewrite and direct " Airborne ," an action pic set on an aircraft carrier. The producer tapped into his Equus Media development fund to acquire the...
A shared love of boxing and martial arts drew old pals Nick Simunek and Michael Mailer to " Blood and Bone ," a project their respective shingles are producing with Rifkin-Eberts and Todd Traina. Michael Andrews penned...
Pathe and the BBC are joining forces to back a $50 million live-action movie based on Rudyard Kipling's " The Jungle Book ." Project will be directed by BBC natural-history filmmaker John Downer from a script by Richard...
Warner Independent Pictures has set "The Shield" exec producer Kurt Sutter to write and make his feature directing debut on " Awaken the Dragon ." Noir-style remake of "Enter the Dragon," the 1973 martial arts classic...
New Line's signed Chris Noth to reprise his "Mr. Big" role from " Sex and the City " in the feature version. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are already onboard to reprise their roles...
Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to Oni Press' comicbook series " Maintenance ," for McG's Wonderland Sound & Vision to produce and for the helmer to possibly direct. Joe Ballarini is adapting the project, which...
Marvel Studios is setting Matthew Vaughn to direct " Thor ," based on the Marvel Comics character. Marvel is aiming for a pre-strike production start this winter. Mark Protosevich ("I Am Legend") did the adaptation of...
Anne Hathaway will lead an ensemble cast in Jonathan Demme's " Dancing With Shiva " for Sony Classics. Demme will direct and produce with producing partner Neda Armian and Marc Platt. He will tackle it after he finishes...
J.J. Abrams is putting together his bridge crew for Paramount Pictures' 11th film in the "Star Trek" franchise. Russian-born Anton Yelchin is in negotiations to play Pavel Chekov, the Russian-born navigator of the USS...
Andy Garcia, John Cleese, Alfred Molina and Aishwarya Rai are joining Steve Martin in Columbia Pictures/MGM's sequel "The Pink Panther 2 ." Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer will reprise their roles. Harald Zwart ("Agent Cody...
Thomas Haden Church is in final negotiations to star opposite Eddie Murphy in the Paramount Pictures comedy " NowhereLand ." Karey Kirkpatrick will helm the film, which was penned by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson. The...
Christopher Walken and Alessandro Nivola have signed on for " Five Dollars a Day ," a road movie that pits a con artist against his more conservative son. Walken will play a conman proud of living like a king on $5 a...
Jamie Bell is set to join Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber in " Defiance ," the Paramount Vantage drama that Ed Zwick has written and will direct this fall. Bell joins Craig and Schreiber as Jewish brothers who escape...
Ken Jeong has signed on to join the comedy " All About Steve " for Fox 2000. Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper and Thomas Haden Church star in the quirky romantic comedy, which is shooting with Phil Traill at the helm....
Paramount Pictures has set Jessica Alba as the female lead opposite Mike Myers in " The Love Guru ," which has been set for a June 20 release. In his first new character creation since Austin Powers, Myers plays Pitka,...
Universal Pictures has acquired remake rights to the Colombian horror film "Al final del espectro," and will develop it as a starring and producing vehicle for Nicole Kidman. Plan is for Kidman to play a woman who, after...
Michelle Monaghan has signed to join Shia LaBeouf in " Eagle Eye ," the DreamWorks thriller that D.J. Caruso will direct this fall for DreamWorks. Production begins in the fall. Monaghan plays a single mother, who forms...
Warner Bros. wants to send Jonny Quest on his first bigscreen adventure. Series revolved around a young boy who travels the world with his scientist father, adopted brother from India, Bandit the bulldog, and a...
John Heyman's long-cherished movie about hapless British ski jumper " Eddie the Eagle " will finally go into production in January, with Steve Coogan in the lead and Declan Lowney directing. Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards...
Screen Gems has made it a definite "Maybe," acquiring English-language remake rights to "Der Bewegte Mann" (" Maybe... Maybe Not "). Based on Ralph Konig's comics "Der Bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby," "Maybe...Maybe Not"...
Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Zellweger will topline the Western drama " Appaloosa ," with Harris directing from the screenplay he co-wrote with Robert Knott. New Line is on board to distribute and Michael London...
Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long and Ginnifer Goodwin are in negotiations to star in " He's Just Not That Into You " for New Line Cinema. Drew Barrymore is set to star in the ensemble comedy...
Paramount Pictures has acquired the spec comedy " Kept Men ," by Amy Snow, for Double Features partners Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher. Pic revolves around three down-and-out pals looking for a shortcut to riches, who...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights in North and South America to " Brick Lane ," the film adaptation of the 2003 novel. Written by Monica Ali, the book centers on a Bangladeshi family living in the U.K.,...
New Regency is taking the current wave of pics set amid the war and terrorism in the Middle East and adding a twist: vampires and zombies. Story, to be adapted by John Cox ("Sergeant Rock"), revolves around a ragtag...
Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari and Nick Wechsler have teamed to option screen rights to " Ocean ," a graphic novel by Warren Ellis that is a template for a big-scale alien thriller. Story concerns the thousands of...
Tim Allen will play the title character in “ The Six Wives of Henry Lefay ,” an indie comedy set to shoot next month in Connecticut. Allen will play a flashy salesman who is presumed dead after he goes missing during a...
At BlizzCon today, [...] On hand were Paul Sams and Chris Metzen Blizzard Entertainment and, from Legendary Pictures, CEO Thomas Tull and Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni. In addition to confirming that the Warcraft...
Tamara Tunie ("Law and Order: SVU") is making her feature directorial debut on indie romantic comedy " See You in September ," starring Estella Warren and Justin Kirk ("Weeds"). Pic, based on an idea by Cilibrasi and...
Khan Chittenden, Andy Fischer-Price, Colton James, Joan Jett, Jane Leeves, Ray Santiago, Allison Scagliotti and Caitlin Wachs have been cast in Lighthouse Entertainment's teen comedy " Endless Bummer ." "Bummer,"...
Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn will star in " Management ," a romantic comedy that marks the feature directing debut of playwright-screenwriter Stephen Belber. Aniston will play a traveling saleswoman who sells cheap...
James Cameron has added two cast members to " Avatar ." Stephen Lang and Michelle Rodriguez will join Australian actor Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Wes Studi and CCH Pounder in the performance-capture...
Channing Tatum and Dito Montiel, star and director, respectively, of "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," will reteam on a feature about underground street fighting for Rogue. Kevin Misher will produce the...
Rogue Pictures has optioned Jeremy Passmore's thriller spec " Summer's End " for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes to produce. Project revolves around a group of teens in a small Oregon town who survive a deadly virus that...
Producer Samuel Hadida has secured the rights to the vidgame “ Return to Castle Wolfenstein ,” with Roger Avary attached to write and direct the adaptation of the ID Software property. The WWII-set “ Return to Castle...